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Crooner Andy Williams, TV regular, dies at 84

Posted: September 27, 2012 at 5:04 a.m.

Andy Williams performs at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in this Aug. 5, 1966 photo.

Andy Williams performs at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in this Aug. 5, 1966 photo.

Andy Williams, the “Moon River” crooner who helped define American popular music in the 1960s and 1970s through his Christmas albums, nightclub performances and television variety show, has died. He was 84.

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